#65.1

French Bisque Bebe Steiner in Antique Costume
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$3,500
sold
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20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, painted lashes with "dot" highlights, rose blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked fringed brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with shaded lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair wig over Steiner pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, body not original but of the period and correct size. Marks: J. Steiner Bte SGDG Paris Fre A 13 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Steiner, circa 1889. Value Points: pretty bebe wears antique costume, undergarments, fancy bonnet, stockings, leather shoes, pinafore with little all-bisque doll in the lace-edged pocket.